The Radiotherapy of Malignant Disease

This text describes the technique of radiotherapy practiced at the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester. Following an introduction to the basic principles of physics and chemotherapy involved, essays explain how to treat malignant tumours in various anatomical sites.

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Radiotherapy as practiced at the Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester, is brought up to date in this edition of the text, which has been written entirely by current or former members of the hospital staff. The opening chapters provide the necessary background information on basic physics and radiobiology, principles of chemotherapy, and mould room practice. The main part of the book represents the very essence of the Manchester school of thought. It is designed to show in detail how to treat, by X-rays and radium, malignant tumours in various anatomical sites.